Meet Our Experts

The Victor Center is staffed by Adele Schneider, MD, FACMG, a board-certified medical geneticist, Faye Shapiro, MS, CGC, board-certified genetic counselor, and Shoshana Rosen, BA, Outreach Coordinator.

 

Adele Schneider, MD, FACMG
Director, Clinical Genetics
Director, Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases
Albert Einstein Medical Center

Adele Schneider, MD was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Following graduation from the Witwatersrand University Medical School in Johannesburg, she completed a pediatric residency at Wilmington Medical Center and Fellowship in Genetics and Metabolic diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She has practiced Clinical Genetics at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia since 1990 and as Director of Clinical Genetics since 1992. In 1995 she received the Einstein Physician Leadership Award and has been featured in “Top Docs for Kids” in Philadelphia magazine on several occasions. Dr. Schneider is the Director of the Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Disease Screening at AEMC.

 

 

Faye L. Shapiro, MS, CGC
Certified Genetic Counselor
Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases
Albert Einstein Medical Center

Faye Shapiro, MS, CGC, is a board-certified genetic counselor with over 15 years experience. As the genetic counselor for the Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases, she provides genetic counseling for Ashkenazi Jewish genetic diseases to students, newlywed couples and other patients. Ms. Shapiro provides follow-up counseling and support for those found to be carriers. Along with Dr. Adele Schneider and other genetic counselors, Ms. Shapiro also provides prenatal pediatric and cancer genetic counseling.

 

Shoshana Rosen
Outreach Coordinator
Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases
Albert Einstein Medical Center

Shoshana Rosen is the Outreach Coordinator for the Victor Center. She is the liaison between the Victor Center and community. She is available to run educational programs about the Victor Center and Jewish genetic disease screening, tailored to your organizations needs and interests. Contact her if you’re interested in learning more about the Victor Center, organizing a community or campus screening, or getting screened in our office. She may be reached at rosensh@einstein.edu.